While you're listening to this podcast, I'm causing mischief.

Like creeping past sleepy granddad to sneak a pot of Petty Faloo from the fridge.

Because Petty Fal Lou fuels the mischief.

Boom!

Mom says that Petty for Lou is made with calcium and vitamin D for healthy bones. She knows best, most of the time.

Fueling mischief with petty flu. Good evening on what was a blockbuster day in the criminal hush money trial

the former president. Blockbuster because after what has at times been a

meandering cross-examination of the prosecution's most

important witness, Michael Cohen. Today, Trump attorney Todd Blanche was able to repeatedly

raise questions about Cohen's honesty, not just in the past, but his honesty in his testimony before this jury this week.

I was in the courtroom this morning but just before the lunch break

Blanch presented text messages to Cohen between him and former Trump

bodyguard Keith Schiller.

The messages were from October 24, 2016,

and they appeared to contradict testimony Cohen gave Monday

on direct examination that goes to the heart

of the alleged scheme to falsify business records.

Earlier the week, Cohen testified about texting Schiller. He said under oath that he

needed to talk to Trump urgently and Schiller was always by his side. He testified that he used Schiller's phone to speak to the

former president. Cohen told the jury in his earlier testimony that the purpose of the call

was quote to discuss the Stormy Daniels matter and the resolution of it.

But today Todd Blanch did something the prosecutors had apparently not done, or at least not

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